PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Darlene B. Fairman

On the New York attorney register since 1990 · office in New York, NY

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
2318087
Admitted
1990 · Second Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
Jan 2028

Darlene B. Fairman is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 1990 in the Second Department, with an office in New York, NY; next registration due Jan 2028. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Darlene B. Fairman has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in Jan 2028.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. Currently registered the first file we hold

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.

Others who list this employer on the register

The register gives this attorney’s employer as “Herrick Feinstein L.L.P.”. We count that spelling with Herrick, Feinstein LLP, the name most registrants give for the firm now; the register does not say where the attorney works today.

142 other attorneys list Herrick, Feinstein LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 38 of them were admitted before 1990, and 134 of the 143 give an office in New York, NY. The 5 whose admission is closest to 1990, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Andrew Bennett Levine1989Currently registered
Patricia Ann Ahearn1990Suspended, delinquent
Joann Berardo Birle1991Currently registered
Louis Goldberg1991Currently registered
Carol Michele Goodman1991Currently registered

All 143 registrations that list Herrick, Feinstein LLP

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).

Where this record sits on the register

Darlene B. Fairman studied at Georgetown University Law Center (the register spells it “GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY”). 1,734 of its 11,562 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 1990s, as Darlene B. Fairman was.

Same law school
11,562living graduates; 87.9% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in New York, NY
93,604living registrants

Of the 93,604 living registrants with an office in New York, NY, 13,954 were admitted before 1990 and 78,557 after.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

Questions this record leads to

  1. Everyone who lists Herrick, Feinstein LLP143 on the register, 38 of the others admitted before 1990; 134 of the 143 give an office in New York, NY.
  2. Georgetown University Law Center graduates on the register11,562 living, 87.9% registered.
  3. Attorneys with an office in New York, NY93,604 living registrants give an office there.
  4. New York County’s registered bar75,989 currently registered, 46.63 per 1,000 residents.
  5. Admitted in 19906,112 people admitted in 1990 are on the register, 2,199 of them through the Second Department.
  6. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  7. What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Darlene B. Fairman’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, Second Department, which admitted Darlene B. Fairman in 1990. A complaint about this attorney would go to the First Department’s grievance committee, which covers New York County, where the register places the office.

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).

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